Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Archives - Rural County Representatives Of California

Oct 24, 2025

Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Fix Our Forests Act Advances Out of Senate Agriculture Committee

On October 21, 2025, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry convened a markup to consider the Fix Our Forests Act (S.1462 | one pager). The measure passed out of committee

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Oct 17, 2025

Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship EPA Issues Policy Guidance to Help Prevent Catastrophic Wildfires, Promote Use of Prescribed Fires for Mitigation Efforts

On October 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued policy guidance directing regional offices to

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Oct 10, 2025

Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Bill of the Week: BECCS Advancement Commission Act of 2025 (H.R. 5597)

Last week, RCRC expressed support for a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by U.S. Representative Jim Costa (CA-21, D-Fresno) and Representative Blake Moore (UT-1), which would create a commission to provide recommendations to help advance Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) technologies

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Oct 03, 2025

Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Padilla, Schiff Announce Bipartisan Bills to Support Over 2,000 Acres of Tribal Land Management

On September 29, the U.S. Senators of California, Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, announced a trio of bipartisan, bicameral bills to promote Tribal management of over 2,000 acres of land in California. The bills would transfer federal land to

Sep 25, 2025

Forest and Public Lands Stewardship USDA Awards Grants to Community Fire Resilience Projects

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $200 million in grant funding for 58 community wildfire resilience projects across the nation. This funding includes nearly $25 million

Sep 12, 2025

Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship DOI Proposes to Rescind Public Lands Rule

On September 10, the Department of the Interior announced that it is proposing to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule

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Sep 12, 2025

Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship LaMalfa Introduces Bipartisan Protect Innocent Victims of Taxation After Fire Extension Act

On September 11, Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) introduced the Protect Innocent Victims of Taxation After Fire Extension Act (H.R. 5225). Joining him on this legislation

Aug 22, 2025

Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship State Board of Forestry Gets New Executive Director

After weeks of searching, the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (BOF) has named a new Executive Officer

Aug 08, 2025

Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship RCRC Supports Bipartisan Legislation to Secure More Funding for Rural Communities

RCRC supports the bipartisan More Opportunities for Rural Economies (MORE) Grants Package, introduced in the U.S. Senate on August 4.

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Jul 25, 2025

Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Call to Action: Urge U.S. House of Representatives to Reauthorize Secure Rural Schools

RCRC requests that counties reach out to House leadership to urge passage of SRS reauthorization legislation as soon as possible. A template letter is available here.